Tie-Dyed Trenton
Laura Waters
January 7, 2009
The Trenton Times has published an op-ed by the Vice President of the Trenton School Board, Alexander Brown. It’s both a primer on the history
Princeton v. State Smack-Down
Laura Waters
January 3, 2009
We don’t want Princeton to be just adequate — we don’t want to revert to a mean that incorporates everyone in the state. We want
Reinventing the Abbotts
Laura Waters
December 30, 2008
Here’s a must-read from Matt Miller, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, published in the New York Times this week. Money quote:
The Ethics of Home Rule
Laura Waters
December 18, 2008
There’s a great piece in the New York Times today by Peter Applebome that profiles a seventy-year-old retired T.V. journalist who haunts school board meetings
Camden County, Bergen County
Laura Waters
December 10, 2008
The Courier-Post had an editorial yesterday urging the consolidation of five school districts in Camden County, specifically Hi-Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale, and Stratford. Seems
Special Education v. DOE
Laura Waters
December 8, 2008
ASAH, the organization that serves private special education schools and agencies in New Jersey, is gearing up for a battle with the DOE over the
Sunday Morning Leftovers
Laura Waters
December 7, 2008
Bob Ingle points out that U.S. News and World Report just released the top 100 high schools in the nation and New Jersey had (only)
Move School Board Elections to November
Laura Waters
December 4, 2008
The State Legislature is set to vote on bill S-1861 on Monday which contains three items: eliminating public votes on school budgets that come in
Some Solutions, For Better or Worse
Laura Waters
December 1, 2008
Jerry Cantrell of the New Jersey Taxpayers Association chimes in today on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Abbott districts. In a Times editorial
Board Members Blast DOE
Laura Waters
November 24, 2008
New Jersey School Boards Association had their Delegate Assembly on Saturday, including a panel discussion called “The Challenges, Opportunities, and Future of School District Regionalization.”